Mental Health

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Study makes comprehensive statewide recommendations for suicide prevention

Why long-term separation from parents harms kids

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If a parent doesn't get treatment for depressed child, is that abuse?

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Study: Learning science can stimulate your brain in unconventional ways

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Why medicine leads the professions in suicide, and what we can do about it

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Major depression diagnoses skyrocketing in millennials, adolescents

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The FDA approves the first drug to prevent migraines

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Tax-funded mental health programs not always easy to find

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CHOP: 'Antidepressive' behavior in new animal test offers hope for humans

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Waking up in a panic? Embrace your anxiety and take this advice

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Study: Cleaning up vacant lots can improve a neighborhood’s health

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A year ago, anxiety might've kept Eagles' Brandon Brooks out of Super Bowl – but not now

Sexual Harassment

City watchdog to audit Philly's sexual harassment policy

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Inside a private eye's search for a teen heroin addict in Kensington

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Gym chain is blocking news from its TVs in the name of mental health

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Extreme videogaming will soon be labeled a mental illness

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Commutes throughout the Philadelphia region are getting worse

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Active ingredient in Tylenol could ease the pain of FOMO

Tylenol's main ingredient may dull positive emotions

Holidays without expectations

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Putting up Christmas decorations early can make you happier, psychologist says

Psychologists try to grasp the logic of Black Friday stampeding

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Penn reveals steps to improve campus mental health services

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Is the desire for happiness making us miserable?

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Crazy-early Christmas music can be mentally damaging, psychologist says

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Philly woman to make dream run in her first NYC Marathon

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Study links depression to shorter lifespan

Rutgers study suggests health benefits of dreaming in your sleep

Penn experiments discover brain region key to driving behavioral change

Smartphone apps could improve depression symptoms, researchers say

Del. restaurant to hold fundraiser after woman berates customer with service dog in viral video

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For pregnant women with anxiety or depression, what are the risks to medicating?

Penn Medicine researcher highlights health dangers of ending DACA

Andrew Tate tweets on depression provoke heavy backlash, debate

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For mother of adult addict, a life dragged down by drugs

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Yoga roadshow coming to Philly can help you beat the winter blues

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